Rodney Combs

Rodney Combs (born March 27, 1950) is an American former stock car racing driver.

Combs entered NASCAR after many years on the open-wheel and short track circuit in the Midwest, racing with Mark Martin and Dick Trickle.

Combs was a 2001 inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.

Stacy, Combs qualified the Stacy-Pak Buick to 28th on the starting position in the fall race at Atlanta, and finished in 9th place, leading five laps.

Combs was invited back by Stacy to drive the #12 Stroh's Buick in the 1983 fall race at Charlotte.

This time, Combs was behind the #2 Red Roof Inns Buick owned by Robert Harrington.

Combs made it into the August Michigan race with a 19th place qualifying effort.

Combs, who was still doing Midwest racing, disappeared back to those ranks for a year, and then returned with a five-race deal in 1986.

Driving Harrington's #2 Solder Seal/Gunk Pontiac, Combs had a best of 16th at Charlotte and a 19th at Talladega, where he led four laps.

He ran the majority of the races for Elmo Langley's #64 team, although he did have some runs with DiGard Motorsports and Roger Hamby.

Combs disappeared for three years, and was back in 1987, with a four-race deal with the #67 J&J Steel car.

Combs earned three top-10s in 1993, with a career-best eighth at Milwaukee Mile and back-to-back tenths at Martinsville and Nazareth.

Even more to Combs advantage, were a low DNF count of three, an impressive number for someone who is basically a rookie.

Lastly, Combs qualified well too, the best being a triplet of fourth-place starts, of which he converted into a 10th, 12th and 15th-place finish in the race.

With an impressive season with a low-budget team, Combs was hired by Petty Enterprises to drive the #43 Black Flag/French's Pontiac the following year.

Combs earned new career bests of 6th at Myrtle Beach and Atlanta, and tacked on a 10th at Dover International Speedway and a large 16 other top-20s to boot.

Along with a lesser DNF count (4), Combs' team looked in good shape for 1996.

When racing for Petty Enterprises in 1995 and 1996, Combs made five starts in 1995 and one in 1996 for in the Truck Series.